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São Paulo to Abu Dhabi

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi. From €957.71, fastest 19h 13m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

São Paulo to Abu Dhabi runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:34 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €957.71, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 19h 13m over 12,480 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 18 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €957.71, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026

€957.71

  • 274%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving São Paulo

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:34First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €2,804.41Sat19
  2. about €2,213.23Sun20
  3. about €1,843.30Mon21
  4. about €1,553.61Tue22
  5. about €1,522.93Wed23
  6. about €2,143.61Thu24
  7. about €1,790.20Fri25
  8. about €1,498.74Sat26
  9. about €1,655.09Sun27
  10. about €1,392.54Mon28
  11. about €1,255.07Tue29
  12. about €1,395.49Wed30
  13. about €1,524.11Thu1
  14. about €1,491.66Fri2
  15. about €1,154.18Sat3
  16. about €1,080.43Sun4
  17. about €960.07Mon5
  18. about €957.71Tue6
  19. about €1,010.81Wed7
  20. about €1,235.60Thu8
  21. about €1,358.91Fri9

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Abu Dhabi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Abu Dhabi for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Abu Dhabi Airport City Terminal and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book São Paulo to Abu Dhabi

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €1,367.1790 days
  2. €750.0360 days
  3. €777.1745 days
  4. €982.4930 days
  5. €1,358.9121 days
  6. €1,491.6614 days
  7. €1,790.207 days
  8. €1,843.303 days
  9. €2,804.411 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €750.03.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 274 percent. The dearest point is €2,804.41, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€2,804.41€750.03137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to São Paulo to Abu Dhabi and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

7 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

12,480 km

12,117 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

12,400,2321,807,000

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

São PauloSão PauloAbu DhabiAbu Dhabi
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 12,480 km against 12,117 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Addis Ababa, Tel Aviv, Dubai, Doha. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Abu Dhabi is large, and the road in from AUH can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Abu Dhabi

Settled in advance, so the ride into Abu Dhabi costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Abu Dhabi Airport City Terminal

Most of the points near Abu Dhabi Airport City Terminal open before the first train and shut after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about São Paulo to Abu Dhabi

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi?

The fastest journey from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi takes 19h 13m door to door, of which 18h 45m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 20h 28m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi?

The cheapest fare from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi is €957.71, as of 18 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,542.99. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi?

The cheapest way from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi is by flight, at €957.71 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 21h 55m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book São Paulo to Abu Dhabi?

Fares from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €750.03. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 274 percent, measured on 18 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for São Paulo to Abu Dhabi?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi, at €1,255.07. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 18 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for São Paulo to Abu Dhabi?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi, at €777.17 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi?

No operator record names São Paulo to Abu Dhabi directly. Etihad Airways publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi?

20 percent of the services we sell from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi are direct. The rest connect at Addis Ababa, Tel Aviv, Dubai, Doha, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi use?

Services from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi by flight leave from São Paulo GRU and arrive at Abu Dhabi AUH. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for São Paulo to Abu Dhabi on 18 September 2026: 12480 km of route against 12117 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €957.71, and 19h 13m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Abu Dhabi is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Abu Dhabi and across United Arab Emirates

Day trips that leave Abu Dhabi in the morning and cover a good part of United Arab Emirates by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

São Paulo reaches 802 places in 35 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 12,226 km. Abu Dhabi reaches 163 places in 71 countries, from 94 to 13,464 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving São Paulo

  • 802Places you can leave for
  • 35Countries
  • 119Operators

Arriving in Abu Dhabi

Leaving Abu Dhabi

  • 163Places you can leave for
  • 71Countries
  • 40Operators

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